Part 6
When the hit wizards kicked in the door where the musician had stood they found an empty room. The group of five wizards knew that with the anti- apperation field in place there was no way in or out of the area except via portkey. A quick search of the room yielded no results either. One of the hit wizards used his magic eye to ensure that it wasn't someone using an invisibility cloak. He still found no one. The wizard cursed and then ordered a lower ranking wizard to report to Mr. Malfoy.
"It's clear up here sir." One of the hit wizards informed Draco Malfoy. The young man was shaking. This news would not please the Minister's son.
"That's impossible, he was standing in front of the window until the very moment we heard the door being kicked in." Draco yelled. "Double check the house, leave no room unchecked."
All of the hitwizards filed out of the room, save the one with the magic eye. He again double-checked the room. Nothing in the closest, not under the bed, no invisibility, where could he have....
The hit wizard then looked up at the raised ceiling. A lone figure of a man was wedged in the raised ceiling and before the wizard could speak or even draw his wand the man dropped down and landed on the wizard with a loud thud. When the figure stood he walked over to the overturned desk and removed a pistol from one of the drawers. He then placed the weapon in the back of his pants and walked to the crushed hit wizard.
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Draco was awaiting the last hit wizard to exit the house before he ordered it leveled. If the man did not exit in one minute he would soon become causality. Draco only valued his life, not those of the men working for him. Draco raised his arm to look at his watch but before he could read the time the hit wizard was thrown through the window and landed on his back on the unforgiving cement. Draco looked up to see no one in the window.
"Level the house." Draco ordered, a hint of fear in his voice.
Two of the hit wizards raised their arms and were about to cast the first of a series of curses when a large thunderous sound rang through the air. The two hit wizards were thrown from their feet and landed right in front of Draco Malfoy.
"Let the Weasley's, the masked man and the girl go... and I'll let the rest of you walk away from here with your lives." The man in front of them said. A breeze suddenly swept through sending dirt up and before Draco could comment the man had vanished.
"Where'd he go?" One of the wizards asked.
"What should we do?" Another chimed in.
"Are you hit wizards or school girls. Find that man and kill him." Draco ordered.
While the hit wizards and Draco were distracted Ron had cast a spell canceling the levitation and petrifying spells on Dudley. Ron had actually been faking the effect of the petrifying spell. The hit wizard that had tried to curse him had missed him completely, how the man ever became a hit wizard was beyond him. Freeing his family as well, the group slowly drew their wands and prepared to make a break for it. Ron whispered that he would grab Jasmine, while the rest began cursing the wizards while their attention was elsewhere. Ron motioned for Jasmine to move towards him, which the young girl eagerly did.
Draco caught her movement in his peripheral vision and turned. Ron pointing his wand yelled stupefy. Draco avoided the spell but was unable to retaliate because at that moment another thunderous shot rang out, this one louder than the last and Draco watched as four of his underlings flew up into the air and came crashing down. They were covered head to toe with powder burns and some had shards of shrapnel sticking out of them. The unknown man came out of the smoke and dropped the large weapon. He then drew and pointed two smaller weapons at two more of the wizards and fired multiples times. The men he was aim at stumbled backwards as the bullets ripped into their flesh.
The weapons finally stopped making noise and blood finally stopped splattering when the auto loading pistols ran out of bullets. The man then tossed the two pistols aside and drew the one from his back. Draco Malfoy was about to cast the killing curse when he felt something searing his right arm. A bullet had torn through his arm, just missing the bone and sent his wand from his hand. Draco quickly found cover, then pulled something from his robe and with a tap was no longer present. The remaining hit wizards followed their boss's suit and transported themselves out of the area. The man surveyed the bodies of the hit wizards left behind to see if they were dead or injured. Just to make sure he fired two rounds into each man, one in the heart, and the other in the head. When he was done he returned to the group of people outside the front of the house.
"You ok there Duders?" The man asked extending a hand to help the man up.
Dudley took the man's hand, and once he was standing dusted himself up. "You look pretty spry for a corpse." Dudley stated.
"Death wouldn't take me... it must have known I would send it more souls if it allowed me to live than if it settled for just me."
"Harry?" A voice called out behind him.
Harry didn't move for a moment. It's not that he didn't hear the voice calling out to him, it was more he wasn't sure he was ready to face the people behind him... one in particular. Handing Dudley his weapons, Harry Potter drew his hand up and pulled the hair covering most of his face back. Jasmine saw him, finally saw the real him and immediately ran to her father. Harry kneeled down and took his baby girl in his arms. The two of them cried for some time.
"I taut you was gone dahdy." Jasmine said between tears.
"I almost was love... I almost was." Harry replied. Jasmine kissed her father on the cheek repeatedly.
Harry then felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned to see Dudley. "Harry, I think we should go, it's not safe here."
Harry nodded and pulled out a portkey. "This is set to return you to the Burrow." Harry informed his family. He then handed it and Jasmine to Ron.
"Dahdy, come on." Jasmine said to her father.
"I can't go with you love... I have something very important to finish." Harry told his daughter.
"No dahdy... I need you." Jasmine said.
Harry's heart was breaking. He had no idea prior to today that his daughter was alive, had he known he would have gone immediately to her.
"Jasmine... Rachel's alive." Harry informed the little girl.
"She... she is???" Jasmine asked.
Harry nodded.
"How you know?" Jasmine wondered.
"Because I saw her... I've been following her trail for the past three days."
"Twail???"
"The bad mans keep moving her around, I don't know why?" Harry explained to the little girl.
"They want into your vault." Dudley explained.
"But the kids can't get into it, not without Ron and he's not going to let anyone in... are you Ron?" Harry asked.
"Over their dead body." Ron adamantly replied.
Then Harry's head shot up. "Unless they threat Rachel. They're going to use Rachel to make you and Jasmine open the vault." Harry said in realization.
"Those sons of...."
"Language Ron." Arthur interrupted his son.
"Sorry dad." Ron said.
"What can we do to keep them from opening the vault?" Arthur asked.
"I'd say a distraction is in order." Dudley stated.
Harry looked at his cousin for a moment. Then a grin appeared on his face. "A distraction might just be called for Dudley."
"What kind of distraction?" Arthur asked.
"Arthur... how would one go about breaking into the office of the Minister of Magic?" Harry asked.
When the hit wizards kicked in the door where the musician had stood they found an empty room. The group of five wizards knew that with the anti- apperation field in place there was no way in or out of the area except via portkey. A quick search of the room yielded no results either. One of the hit wizards used his magic eye to ensure that it wasn't someone using an invisibility cloak. He still found no one. The wizard cursed and then ordered a lower ranking wizard to report to Mr. Malfoy.
"It's clear up here sir." One of the hit wizards informed Draco Malfoy. The young man was shaking. This news would not please the Minister's son.
"That's impossible, he was standing in front of the window until the very moment we heard the door being kicked in." Draco yelled. "Double check the house, leave no room unchecked."
All of the hitwizards filed out of the room, save the one with the magic eye. He again double-checked the room. Nothing in the closest, not under the bed, no invisibility, where could he have....
The hit wizard then looked up at the raised ceiling. A lone figure of a man was wedged in the raised ceiling and before the wizard could speak or even draw his wand the man dropped down and landed on the wizard with a loud thud. When the figure stood he walked over to the overturned desk and removed a pistol from one of the drawers. He then placed the weapon in the back of his pants and walked to the crushed hit wizard.
~~**~~ ~~**~~ ~~**~~
Draco was awaiting the last hit wizard to exit the house before he ordered it leveled. If the man did not exit in one minute he would soon become causality. Draco only valued his life, not those of the men working for him. Draco raised his arm to look at his watch but before he could read the time the hit wizard was thrown through the window and landed on his back on the unforgiving cement. Draco looked up to see no one in the window.
"Level the house." Draco ordered, a hint of fear in his voice.
Two of the hit wizards raised their arms and were about to cast the first of a series of curses when a large thunderous sound rang through the air. The two hit wizards were thrown from their feet and landed right in front of Draco Malfoy.
"Let the Weasley's, the masked man and the girl go... and I'll let the rest of you walk away from here with your lives." The man in front of them said. A breeze suddenly swept through sending dirt up and before Draco could comment the man had vanished.
"Where'd he go?" One of the wizards asked.
"What should we do?" Another chimed in.
"Are you hit wizards or school girls. Find that man and kill him." Draco ordered.
While the hit wizards and Draco were distracted Ron had cast a spell canceling the levitation and petrifying spells on Dudley. Ron had actually been faking the effect of the petrifying spell. The hit wizard that had tried to curse him had missed him completely, how the man ever became a hit wizard was beyond him. Freeing his family as well, the group slowly drew their wands and prepared to make a break for it. Ron whispered that he would grab Jasmine, while the rest began cursing the wizards while their attention was elsewhere. Ron motioned for Jasmine to move towards him, which the young girl eagerly did.
Draco caught her movement in his peripheral vision and turned. Ron pointing his wand yelled stupefy. Draco avoided the spell but was unable to retaliate because at that moment another thunderous shot rang out, this one louder than the last and Draco watched as four of his underlings flew up into the air and came crashing down. They were covered head to toe with powder burns and some had shards of shrapnel sticking out of them. The unknown man came out of the smoke and dropped the large weapon. He then drew and pointed two smaller weapons at two more of the wizards and fired multiples times. The men he was aim at stumbled backwards as the bullets ripped into their flesh.
The weapons finally stopped making noise and blood finally stopped splattering when the auto loading pistols ran out of bullets. The man then tossed the two pistols aside and drew the one from his back. Draco Malfoy was about to cast the killing curse when he felt something searing his right arm. A bullet had torn through his arm, just missing the bone and sent his wand from his hand. Draco quickly found cover, then pulled something from his robe and with a tap was no longer present. The remaining hit wizards followed their boss's suit and transported themselves out of the area. The man surveyed the bodies of the hit wizards left behind to see if they were dead or injured. Just to make sure he fired two rounds into each man, one in the heart, and the other in the head. When he was done he returned to the group of people outside the front of the house.
"You ok there Duders?" The man asked extending a hand to help the man up.
Dudley took the man's hand, and once he was standing dusted himself up. "You look pretty spry for a corpse." Dudley stated.
"Death wouldn't take me... it must have known I would send it more souls if it allowed me to live than if it settled for just me."
"Harry?" A voice called out behind him.
Harry didn't move for a moment. It's not that he didn't hear the voice calling out to him, it was more he wasn't sure he was ready to face the people behind him... one in particular. Handing Dudley his weapons, Harry Potter drew his hand up and pulled the hair covering most of his face back. Jasmine saw him, finally saw the real him and immediately ran to her father. Harry kneeled down and took his baby girl in his arms. The two of them cried for some time.
"I taut you was gone dahdy." Jasmine said between tears.
"I almost was love... I almost was." Harry replied. Jasmine kissed her father on the cheek repeatedly.
Harry then felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned to see Dudley. "Harry, I think we should go, it's not safe here."
Harry nodded and pulled out a portkey. "This is set to return you to the Burrow." Harry informed his family. He then handed it and Jasmine to Ron.
"Dahdy, come on." Jasmine said to her father.
"I can't go with you love... I have something very important to finish." Harry told his daughter.
"No dahdy... I need you." Jasmine said.
Harry's heart was breaking. He had no idea prior to today that his daughter was alive, had he known he would have gone immediately to her.
"Jasmine... Rachel's alive." Harry informed the little girl.
"She... she is???" Jasmine asked.
Harry nodded.
"How you know?" Jasmine wondered.
"Because I saw her... I've been following her trail for the past three days."
"Twail???"
"The bad mans keep moving her around, I don't know why?" Harry explained to the little girl.
"They want into your vault." Dudley explained.
"But the kids can't get into it, not without Ron and he's not going to let anyone in... are you Ron?" Harry asked.
"Over their dead body." Ron adamantly replied.
Then Harry's head shot up. "Unless they threat Rachel. They're going to use Rachel to make you and Jasmine open the vault." Harry said in realization.
"Those sons of...."
"Language Ron." Arthur interrupted his son.
"Sorry dad." Ron said.
"What can we do to keep them from opening the vault?" Arthur asked.
"I'd say a distraction is in order." Dudley stated.
Harry looked at his cousin for a moment. Then a grin appeared on his face. "A distraction might just be called for Dudley."
"What kind of distraction?" Arthur asked.
"Arthur... how would one go about breaking into the office of the Minister of Magic?" Harry asked.